Private Equity

By Indulal PM and Sumeet Chatterjee MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Private equity investment in Indian infrastructure is poised to pick up following a lengthy dry patch as debt-stressed operators of toll roads and other projects come under pressure from...

By Greg Roumeliotis and Olivia Oran NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Bain Capital LLC has emerged as the last party standing in the race for Yankee Candle Co Inc, three people familiar with the matter said, making it likely that the largest scented candle...

By Anjuli Davies LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy. Families, some of whom made their...

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - The asset management arm of private equity firm CVC Group plans to raise 300 million euros ($389 million) from investors by floating one of its credit funds. Asset manager CVC Credit Partners said in a statement on Tuesday it...

BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- French insurer Sogecap, which is part of French bank Societe Generale, and Cardif...

By Christian Plumb and Matthieu Protard PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - Activist investor Guy Wyser-Pratte said he is seeking board seats at French phone directories company PagesJaunes to force its biggest shareholder - U.S. private equity firm Cerberus -...

By Soyoung Kim NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one...

NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Warburg Pincus raised $11.2 billion for its latest fund, one of the largest private equity funds since the global financial crisis. The New York-based firm said on Friday that investors in the new fund,...

By Soyoung Kim and Alwyn Scott NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP hired former senior Boeing Co executive Jim Albaugh to boost the firm's private equity activities in the aerospace and defense sector. The hiring of Albaugh, who most...

By Lauren Tara LaCapra NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has slashed its capital pledges to investment funds by nearly half since the Volcker rule was signed into law in 2010, as it prepares its principal investment business for...

Trustees of Chicago's failing public pension funds have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into highly speculative investments that not only have failed to realize outsize returns but also saddled them with underperforming, long-term assets that...

BRUSSELS, May 6 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS NONE NEW LISTINGS NONE EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES -- Food processor McCain Foods...